Cos when I first listened to Smash, to be honest, I thought they were crap. It sounded like Dexter was just shouting not at all in any way with the guitarist and bass player, and then there was a drummer off in his own littile world just banging on the drums as hard as he could.
And none of it sounded at all co-ordinated, and well, it sucked.

It wasn't until a few months later I decided to make a "best of Offpring" cd (even though I thought they sucked), that I listened to all of the songs, and I really liked some of them.
And now of course, I absoloutely love Offspring and they are my equal first fav band in the world.

So whats the story with you people? Did you like them right away or whatever?

Kitten

01-08-2005, 01:00 AM

I liked them pretty much from the moment I heard them.

Jake

01-08-2005, 01:22 AM

since the first time I heard Come Out and Play when i was 5

Obie2trice

01-08-2005, 01:39 AM

Just a one time listening to Americana

Gabriel

01-08-2005, 01:52 AM

well... my cousin gave americana and part of ixnay for my younger brother, an he was listening it sometimes. I don't like it then, I thought- 'guitarsd are pretty nice, but why this idiot screaming like cow?'. After few months I loved it :D

Lithuanian Offspring

01-08-2005, 02:27 AM

i started to listen to Conspiracy of One and part of Americana and some songs from Ixnay and Smash and I fell in love.

Subsidal

01-08-2005, 05:40 AM

It took 4 years till I liked The Offspring, but then only a second to decide that I do

meaning_of_life

01-08-2005, 05:47 AM

i liked em when i got ixnay, i just loved there sound and they were the perfect surfing/skating pop punk band. i bought smash and hated it, it just didnt interest me in the slightest, exception being self esteem. i listened to it more and more an hot dingity, one day i loved it.

Noodles is gay

01-08-2005, 06:14 AM

My brother would listen to them loud in his bedroom when i was 6/7 and i thought it was cool music so borrowed his cd (smash) and just loved it :D

Killb0y

01-08-2005, 06:18 AM

It took till I got an old recorded cassete from my sister of SMASH

extraordinarygoodgrocer

01-08-2005, 06:19 AM

I liked the Offspring songs from Crazy Taxi and Crazy Taxi 2. It was 3 years before I bought any of their albums though. The first I bought was Ixnay, for 'All I want' and 'Way down the line'. I didn't like some of the other songs on Ixnay at first, but after a few listens I now like all of the songs on that album.

dexterisMYman

01-08-2005, 07:39 AM

it took me no time to like them i heard them on the radio and i said hey this band is awsome!!

Mr. Noodles

01-08-2005, 07:48 AM

"Gone Away" from Ixnay got me hooked, and I was five!

Qoo

01-08-2005, 08:13 AM

It took several years, to be honest. :o I listened to Ixnay for the first time, I liked the album, but didn't become their fan. And then, Americana was released, I liked the one more, still I couldn't dig the Offspring.
One time, I listened to TKAA live version, I loved the song very much suddenly, and listened to Americana again. After all, I became their big fan!!! :D
Cheers. :)

pretty_fly_white_guy858

01-08-2005, 08:18 AM

Well as soon as I heard Pretty Fly on the radio when I was 7. I think I was 7. Somewhere around in there. And I didnt start buying their cd's til late 03 when Splinter came out. But my friend kinda got me into them(rockthedrums61) but I always loved their songs.

pretty_fly_white_guy858

01-08-2005, 08:19 AM

"Gone Away" from Ixnay got me hooked, and I was five!
Wow then you must be my age then 12 or 13

Offspring_01

01-08-2005, 08:21 AM

It took me about the length of Pretty Fly to like the Offspring.

4eh

01-08-2005, 08:29 AM

i don't remember really, it was too long ago (in 1994, i was 7 that time again)

Mr. Noodles

01-08-2005, 08:32 AM

Wow then you must be my age then 12 or 13
Well, today's my B-day, so now . . . . I'm 13!

lil missy red riding hood

01-08-2005, 08:35 AM

[QUOTE=Lithuanian Offspring]i started to listen to Conspiracy of One and part of Americana and some songs from Ixnay and Smash and I fell in love.[/QUOTE
yea my freind played consperosy of one to me and iv liked them ever since

OffspringInOz

01-11-2005, 05:56 PM

Well, today's my B-day, so now . . . . I'm 13!
so did u say u were 13 to get on the site? cos thats what i did

xComexOutxAndxPlay

01-12-2005, 02:45 PM

The first time i listened to an offspring song ( it think it was orignal pranskter) I loved them. Then i went out and bought americana.

And the coolest thing happened...i just recently moved and i was unpacking my boxes and found offspring smash on cassette. wow that made me happy.

summer_guy

01-14-2005, 07:02 AM

i heard pertty fly and i liked that and then i took the risk and buy americana and this was totally awsome my cousin has ixnay

saska de o...

01-14-2005, 07:05 AM

well... "professionaly" i listen they about 2 years... but i always heard their great hits :)

saska de o...

01-14-2005, 07:06 AM

i wrote great hits...

EVERYTHING WHAT THE OFFSPRING MADE IS GREAT!!!!!!

TMDGJ

01-14-2005, 11:18 AM

this is pretty sick but i saw a comercial on tv for Conspiracy Of One and suddenly i just wanted that album. And after listening to that i decided i wanted everything The Offspring has made. And now they are my absolute favorite band. I only had to listen to each album once and i liked every one of them. Theyre the perfect mix between great melodies and kick ass lyrics.

dirty_magic

01-14-2005, 11:24 AM

as soon as i heard them i fell in love with them, i love dexters voice and lyrics and noodles kick ass guitar sound with atom/ron beating the drums and gregs wicked bass lines

ReDeAdOf89

02-02-2005, 01:22 PM

It didnt take me long at all. I heard Pretty Fly on the radio and liked them instantly

DEXJR

02-02-2005, 02:05 PM

my cousin loves them he took me to there conset and when i saw them i was amazed :eek: :eek:

Unnatural Disaster

02-02-2005, 02:07 PM

I liked them after listening to Pretty Fly and Come out and Play a few times

original_psycho

02-02-2005, 02:10 PM

When I first saw the Pretty Fly video on tv I fell in love instantly...

coke_a_holic

02-02-2005, 02:40 PM

Nice Psycho... I'm pretty sure "You Gotta Keep em Seperated!" were like my first words lol. But it wasn't until Why Dont you get a Job (which my dad hated thanks to the unsencored word "bitch" in it) that I knew it was Offspring. Soon I learned that the "wierd song with the lalala in the beginning" was offspring too. Good shit. lol

MoRoChA_DeW

02-02-2005, 02:51 PM

the first song by the offspring that i listened to was pretty fly gor a white guy, and i was 11 years old, and i loved the song the moment i heard it!

Noodles is gay

02-02-2005, 02:52 PM

How long did it take me?

37 seconds

SkunkIt

02-02-2005, 05:17 PM

I liked them the first time I heard them.

leo3375

02-02-2005, 05:30 PM

After hearing "Come Out and Play" for the first time at a roller rink in 1994 I was hooked. It was my first time really listening to them, and it definitely wasn't the last.

noodle jr

02-03-2005, 03:16 AM

first song i heard is come out and play..i liked it damn much..

Jojan

02-03-2005, 06:14 AM

"Gone Away" from Ixnay got me hooked, and I was five!
You're still acting like five...